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      01-01-2008, 07:10 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by VictorH View Post
I agree, the one thing that would have added more power and performance would have been direct injection FI. No one at BMW has told me why it was not considered since lower model i.e. 335 (in US) have it, but not the new M3. Probably a cost issue, but how much would this have added to the car? Maybe for year 3 or beyond upgrade?

More likely a packaging issue.....see how tight the S65 / S85 engines are?? No room.
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